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CD-RW buying advice **(PLUS)**
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I am working on a beige 266MHz G3 tower. I am going to be moving to new hardware sometime within the next six months (if the finding goes through). I need a CD burner NOW, like today.
QUESTION 1: Do I buy a firewire CD-RW and a card for the beige G3 OR buy a SCSI CD-RW and buy a card for the G4???
QUESTION 2: Which model of CD-RW do I buy? I hear Yamaha is a solid buy...
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Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
<STRONG>I am working on a beige 266MHz G3 tower. I am going to be moving to new hardware sometime within the next six months (if the finding goes through). I need a CD burner NOW, like today.
QUESTION 1: Do I buy a firewire CD-RW and a card for the beige G3 OR buy a SCSI CD-RW and buy a card for the G4???
QUESTION 2: Which model of CD-RW do I buy? I hear Yamaha is a solid buy...</STRONG>
I'm also looking for a new CD-RW and if you're going to be moving to another machine in a few months, I'd go with FireWire. I think you'll have less trouble with a FireWire CD-RW than a SCSI. I popped an OrangeMicro FireWire/USB card into my Beige G3 and it worked flawlessly. Haven't tried to burn a CD yet, but for DV work and my FireWire HDD, it's been great.
No suggestions on brand yet. Still doing my own research. 
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I agree about FireWire. I too have a beige G3 with the OrangeLink card and it is flawless. I already had a SCSI burner so I haven't burned to FW, but FW is the way to go since the G4 will already have it. No need to add cards, and drivers, that can cause conflicts with it down the road.
Yamaha probably is the best brand, but that doesn't mean others aren't good too. I've heard good things about LaCie.
Have you considered that most new G4s will have a CD-RW or SuperDrive built in? If so, find a cheap SCSI and sell it with the computer once you're done with it. I'm selling my G3 to help finance a new G4 w/SuperDrive and the CD-RW is going with it.
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Join Date: Feb 2000
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Paul's right - your new G4 will likely have CDR built in. So, you may only need a temporary solution, in which case you should go SCSI. SCSI drives are damn cheap. Yahama has been very good to me, so I can recommend it.
However, if you don't think your next Mac will have a CDR in it or if you just want an external drive, I would go FW. SCSI has given me all sorts of grief. FW is the wave of the future.
I've been asking similar questions lately. Be sure to check out this thread, especially the excellent replies from CRASH HARDDRIVE.
Another option (depending on the answer to my last question in the previous thread): Get an EIDE CDR drive and a SCSI case now, then replace the SCSI case with a FW case later.
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Does someone make a SCSI case that will take an EIDE drive? I've never seen one. Plus, I would think if you're going to give up the SCSI case anyway, get the FW card and FW drive. At least the card would add value to the G3 if he plans to sell it. An empty case isn't worth that much.
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